NDP needs to build an Orange Wave in the West

The party has been too focused on winning support in Quebec when it should focus on traditional strongholds in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia.

The NDP’s strong provincial wings have produced strong leaders in B.C. Premier David Eby and Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew. Both would be federal leadership front-runners if they ever put their hat in the ring, writes Matt Chilliak.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MATT CHILLIAK

May 22, 2025

For the fourth straight federal election, the NDP pinned its hopes on a redux of the 2011 Orange Wave, and for the third straight election, it resulted in a whopping single seat in Quebec.

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